A father is speaking out after his daughter accused her mother's boyfriend of brutally abusing her. The father alerted police.

Police said Todd Brisebois, 28, is the man accused of the crime, which included making the child eat her own vomit.

"Always listen to your child. Always listen to your child," said the child's father's girlfriend, who does not wish to be identified by WESH 2 News.

The 5-year-old girl opened up to her father and his girlfriend about her alleged abuse inside an Orlando home. It prompted the couple to take out a video camera and press record.

The father and his girlfriend asked WESH 2 News to conceal their identities.

According to court documents, the 5-year-old told her father on camera that Brisebois, her mother's boyfriend, pushes her head into her mattress until she can't breathe. The father said she told him, "He gets a brown rubber hose and strikes her on her buttocks and back with it."

The child also told her father and investigators that she threw up on the table after eating until her mouth was full. She said, "Mr. Todd" then forced her to eat her own vomit.

"I'm happy he was arrested, but in the end, it doesn't matter. As long as I get my daughter out of this situation, I'm happy," the man said.

Brisebois was arrested on child abuse charges, but soon released. He was ordered to stay away from the 5-year-old.

"We finally learned what to do and learned that recording is a good thing, especially when it comes to the safety of your child," the 5-year-old's father said.

The state requested a higher bond for Brisebois based on the seriousness of the allegations and several domestic violence cases in the suspect's past, but the judge gave a lower bond based on lack of evidence. The Florida Department of Children and Families is investigating.